JP2505730B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an information processing method.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, for example, in the case of laying out a table, a photograph, a drawing, etc. in a sentence in an information processing apparatus for creating a document,
When re-editing a document, the explanatory texts and comments that explain them are affected by the re-editing of the document, making it difficult to create the document.

〔Purpose〕

In view of the above points, the present invention has an object to provide an information processing method capable of setting additional information to be added to input information and facilitating the handling of the input information and the additional information. There is.

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external connection diagram of an image processing system to which the present invention is applied. Needless to say, the system is not limited to this, and the present invention can be applied even if a part of the system is changed. Reference numeral 31 denotes a control unit (called a workstation) having an internal memory composed of a microcomputer for system control, RAM, ROM, etc., and an external memory composed of a floppy disk, a cartridge disk, etc. Reference numeral 32 is an input section of the digital copying machine, which is a document reader for converting document information of a document placed on a platen into an electric signal by an image pickup device such as CCD, and 33 is an output section of the digital copying machine, a laser beam printer. It is a high-speed printer that records an image on a recording material based on information converted into electrical signals.
An image file 34 has a storage medium such as an optical disk or a magneto-optical disk and can write and read a large amount of image information. The reference numeral 35 is provided with a microfilm search unit and a microfilm reader unit for converting image information on the searched microfilm into an electric signal by an image pickup device. 36 is a photosensitive belt having a photoconductive layer provided on a transparent and conductive strip-shaped substrate, and the photoconductive layer is irradiated with laser light modulated according to an input image signal to form an image light. To form a latent image on the photoconductive layer according to the light and darkness of the toner, and develop the formed latent image with the toner (developer) having conductivity and magnetism held on the toner carrier to display the displayed image. It is a high-resolution soft display that forms. Reference numeral 37 denotes a printer device such as a laser beam printer similar to the printer 33, but is smaller and slower than the printer 33, and is installed as necessary. Reference numeral 38 denotes a CRT device for displaying image information photoelectrically read by an input scanner (reader) of a digital copying machine and a micro film file, system control information, and the like, and is a display unit for performing document image processing of the present invention. Reference numeral 39 denotes a switching device for switching the connection between the input / output devices by a signal from the control unit 31. 40 to 48 are cables for electrically connecting the input / output devices. Reference numeral 50 denotes a keyboard provided in the control unit 31, and operating the keyboard 50 gives an operation command of the system. 61 is CRT3
It is a point device for instructing the processing of image information on 8, and the cursor on the CRT 38 is arbitrarily moved in the X and Y directions to select the command image on the command menu and give the instruction. Reference numeral 51 denotes an operation panel for issuing an operation command of the digital copying machine, which has setting keys for the number of copies, copying magnification, etc., a copy key 55 for instructing the start of copying, a numerical display and the like. Reference numeral 52 denotes a mode switching switch which determines whether the initiative for starting the digital copying machine is the copying machine or the control unit, and 53 and 54 are light emitting diodes (LEDs) which indicate the mode selection state of the mode switching switch 52. Display.

FIG. 2-1 is a block diagram of the image editing apparatus. In the present application, image editing is referred to as including image editing. In addition,
The same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals. H4 is a VRAM that expands the data to be displayed on the display unit 38 on a bit map. For example, in the case of character data, character charactors corresponding to the code are expanded in VRAM. The memory capacity is 512 KB in this embodiment.

The BMU H5 is a BMU (bit-maneuver unit).
Devices such as video RAM H4, main memory, disk (H
(7, H8, H9), printers and other input / output devices are transferred in word units without passing through the MPU. Further, the address space on the memory capable of raster operation is 16 MB, and the transfer length is 8 Kword (MAX) in the horizontal direction (X) and 8 KLine (MAX) in the vertical direction (Y). Also, the transfer speed is
1.7us / word. Furthermore, the following 16 types of logical operations are possible as a function. Data transfer source is A
(Source side), data transfer destination is B (destination side)
Then, for example, (reverse), ▲ ▼, + B, Logicl
(Fill in black), B, A +, A, AB, B, A + B, Logic0, A, AB, A, etc.

The BMU also uses DMAC (Direct Memory Access Controlle).
There is a function of r), the details are omitted, but the DMA cycle is
The read cycle is 600 ns, the write cycle is 500 ns, and the number of channels is 3. In addition, device mode with ACK for when synchronization is required (for example, when not transferring between memories)
Is provided.

Furthermore, the BMU has functions such as figure rotation and scaling, and in XY conversion, five types of conversion (90 ° rotation, 180 ° rotation, 270 ° rotation, X symmetry, Y symmetry) are possible. There are four conversion sizes (16
X16, 32 x 32, 48 x 48, 64 x 64). The conversion cycle is 1.6us / word for the source read cycle and 1.6us / word for the destination write cycle, and the conversion speed is 52us, 208us, 468us, 832 for each of the above 4 types.
us.

Next, regarding the scaling function, in addition to the function of simply enlarging or reducing, 15-step enlargement of 2/1, 3/2 to 16/15, 1 /
It can be reduced in 15 steps from 2,2 / 3 to 15/16, and the magnification can be specified independently in the vertical and horizontal directions. The processing cycle is 1.6us / word for the source read cycle, 1.6us / word for the destination write cycle, and the processing speed is, for example, 64 × 64.
When converting to 28 × 128 dots, 2048us, 64 × 64 to 32 ×
When converting to 32 dots, it is 512us. In the case of reduction, characters (binary images) are simply thinned out, and photographs (dither images) are thinned out in units of 4 × 4 Boxes to reduce the size. Processing cycle is 1.1us / word, ROP in DMA mode
The mode is 1.7us / word.

H7, H8, H9 in FIG. 2-1 are disks for data files, for example, H8 is a hard disk 7HD, and H7 is
It is a 5 inch floppy disk (FD) with a capacity of 640KB. The H9 is an 8-inch floppy disk with a capacity of 7MB.
Is.

MPU Next, H6 is an MPU (micro processor unit) unit, and the CPU is, for example, 68000 manufactured by Motorola. Also, MPU part is HD / FD-IF
(Interface), above disk H7, H
Controls access to 8, H9 and PMEM and IMEM described later.

In FIG. 2-1, H10 and H13 are printers having different pixel densities, and H12 is a reader for reading a document. Also, H
11, H14 are interfaces provided corresponding to the printer H10, the printer H13, and the reader H12, respectively.

PMEM, IMEM H15, H16 are program memories (PMEM), for example, the capacity is 1 MB, and 1.5 MB as an option is provided. The PMEM is called a main memory, and a program for editing processing is appropriately selected from the hard desk H8, transferred to the PMEM, and executed.
Further, the data input from the keyboard 50 is stored as code information in the main memory which is also a text memory. In addition, the data stored in the main memory, the data stored in the disk, the data read from the reader,
The data can be developed as bit data in the image memory IMEM, and the same applies to the data stored in the PMEM, but the DMAC, XY conversion, scaling, etc. can be performed via the BMU described above. A simple memory map in PMEM, H15 or H16 is shown in Fig. 2-2. P-1 is a document data section in which text data is stored as code information. P-2 is a first format part of the document data, and as will be described later with reference to FIGS. 2-3, for example, line pitches, character pitches, page numbers, etc. are included as data. P-3 is a second format part of the document data, which stores control information for handling the input information and the additional information to be added thereto, and stores the information as shown in FIG. 2-4. P-4 is a row information table for positioning on the memory and the display, and stores (X11, X12, X13 ..., y) data for each row, for example. The P-5 stores various flags, such as open frames and main blocks. P-6 is a control program section, which is composed of a ROM for storing a fixed program or a RAM for storing a program loaded from a disk. Here, for example, FIG. 5, FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG. Figure, first
The procedure as shown in FIGS. 12-2, 12-5, and 12-7 is stored.

Next, in the system having the above-mentioned configuration, a function relating to a format such as a print format composition format prepared in advance by the document editing apparatus of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention and a call to the text will be described.

FIG. 11 is a control flow chart particularly related to document processing and typesetting of the image processing system having the above-described function. The document mentioned here is a word including image data. Also, for simplicity, the description of the key controller and the like is omitted, and it is assumed that all are managed by the MPU. In step 1, the MPU has an input from the keyboard 50 or P.D61. If there is an input, it is judged whether or not it is a command for calling a document (step 2). If NO,
Since it is not directly related to the present invention, it is omitted here. YE
In the case of S, the process proceeds to step 3, and it is determined whether or not there is no document data on IMEM or PMEM and it is a blank initial state. Step 4). If YES in step 3, since the document exists in the memory, the process proceeds to steps 5 and 6 as it is, and the document data and the editing menu expanded in the VRAM are displayed on the CRT 38 as shown in FIG. 12, for example. Next, in step 7, an input is made by a key or PD. The input described in step 1 is, for example,
In the menu unit 100 shown in FIG. 12-1, by designating a cursor, a reader, a cabinet, a manuscript sheet, or the like with a PD or the like, an instruction such as calling a document (101),
The input in step 7 is the same as in step 1 or the position in the document is determined by the line information table P-3 in FIG. 2-2 by moving the cursor over the document 101 displayed on the screen. It is such input. When an instruction to move the cursor (CR in FIG. 12-1) is issued in step 7, the cursor CR is moved as a position cursor in step 9. However, if the "range designation" key in the menu section 100 is pointed to by the PD and arrow AR, the cursor C
R is set as the range cursor (steps 10 and 11).

Next, in step 12, in the menu section 100, if the input command is an edit command, in step 13, each edit command is executed, the display processing of steps S14-S17 is executed, and the key waiting is returned. If the input command is a format command, the process branches at step S18, the above-mentioned format command is executed at step S19, the display processing of steps S14, S15, S16, S17 is performed, and the input command is waited again. .

If the input command is a layout command, the format command is executed in step 19 to display a list of format files as shown in FIG. 7, for example.

In FIG. 12, when the icon of the printer is designated, the process proceeds to steps 22 and 23, and the designated document is printed out by the printer according to the format. In steps 24 and 25, as other applications, for example, document update,
Return to the key waiting.

When the next command entered is a format command,
The process branches at step S18, the format command is executed at step S19, and the following process is performed at step S27.
That is, the input / edit work will be described in detail by using the functions such as registration / correction on the file, formatting of the document, and partial correction thereof.

 Regarding the format, the following processing is performed.

(1) Registration of a format, (2) Partial correction of a registered format, (3) Formatting of a document, (4) Partial correction of a format of a document First, the description of the above (1) to (4) First, the format data will be described. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a part of the data stored in the disk device 48 shown in FIG.
A format file table 9 is a table for determining which file of the format file 10 is selected. The document file 11 includes a sentence section 12 in which document data is actually stored, and a format section 13 in which a format corresponding to the sentence is stored.A document file table 14 indicates which sentence or section of the document file 11 Decide whether to choose a format.

Next, the format data stored in the format file 10 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. This data does not have to be stored in the file, but may be stored in IMEM, PMEM, from the beginning as shown in FIG. 2-1. The format definition consists of the following three record parts. That is, << a >> format definition header recorder section, << b >> one text definition recorder section, and << c >> multiple peripheral definition recorder sections. << a >> manages the number of format definitions, but details are omitted. Also << c >>
Is the definition of the page number (page number), the column (heading of the margin), etc., but the details are omitted here. << b >> is a text definition, which has text and column definitions, and has a structure as shown in FIG. 2-3, for example. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of parameters (terms) related to a format. The CR shown in Fig. 1 is shown in Fig. 4.
It shows the position of the printing plate which is the place to input and edit the document etc. on the paper displayed on the display part 38 such as T.
Are called “heaven” and “throat” and determine the position of the plate 16 in the paper 15. The number of columns in FIG. 2-3 shows the number of columns, and in the case of FIG. 4, it is two columns. The alignment is
As shown in III, align the lower columns of the columns.
The line length indicates the line length of the column, which is indicated by IV, and the number of lines indicates the number of lines in the column. Further, since there are two stages in FIG. 4, the interval (V) between the stages is shown. The above is the data relating to the column definition shown in FIG. 2-3, and the definition of the text has data such as font of fonts, dot number, size and character spacing, indentation, and color information.

Next, functions related to the above-described format will be described in detail.

(1) Registration of format An explanation will be given with reference to the registration flowchart of FIG.
When a command for registering a format is input, first, a registration routine is entered among various functions of the WS (workstation) including the display unit 38 and the keyboard 42. Then, in step 1 of FIG. 5, information such as the size of the paper, the direction in which the paper is placed, and vertical / horizontal writing is input from the keyboard 50,
Put in the specified memory of PMEM. Next, in step 2, with respect to the stage format as shown in FIG. 4, input is performed, for example, in the flow of display as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 6 (1), the plate surface 6 in the sheet 5 is determined by the pointing device (P, D) 61, for example, by inputting two points marked with X. Then, in (2), the number of steps is input (two steps in the figure), and in (3), for example, the X mark is specified by the keyboard or PD, and the step width and the step interval are specified. After the column definition as described above, in (4), the texts such as the fonts, dots, and sizes are further defined and stored in the PMEM. Therefore, by looking at (4) in FIG. 6, the number of rows and the layout can be intuitively understood. Next, in step 3 of FIG. 5, the page number (page number), the column (heading of the margin), and the headings are further defined and input to the PMEM. This operation can also be intuitively entered from the keyboard 50 while watching the WS image, so that the format can be set very efficiently. The format set as described above is registered in step 4 of FIG. 5 and stored in A, B, C ... Of the format file 10 shown in FIG. A plurality of formats can be registered by the above means. The numerical data indicating the format may be displayed in accordance with the image indicating the format set as described above.

(2) Partial correction of registered format A case where the registered format is called and corrected by the procedure described in (1) will be described. A drawing (hereinafter, referred to as a window) in which a menu of a format for calling up the registered format is partially displayed on the display screen is shown in FIG.
Shown in the figure. FIG. 8 shows a flowchart for partially correcting the registered form file. First, in step 1, the menu as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the WS.
For example, (B) shows "article", which is A4 (paper size), 10 points (character size), and one step (number of steps). Next, step 2
In P.D51, move the cursor (arrow 17 in Fig. 7) and select the desired format, for example, when the PD key is pressed at the report in (A), the format contained in the format file A in Fig. 2 is entered. Is selected by the format file table 9 and displayed on the CRT display unit 1 of FIG. 1 as shown in FIG. Then, in step 3, for the parameters such as the line length of the column described in FIG. 4 for the format A, numerical values or intuitively move the cursor by key input or PD to input the numerical value and cursor position, and PMEM
To form an image. Then, the corrected format is rewritten or newly written and registered in the format file shown in FIG.

(3) Writing to Document Next, when a command for formatting the document is input by the WS, the diagram shown in FIG. 7 is displayed as in the case of (2). It should be noted that this screen is superimposed and displayed on the screen even when the document is being processed. Therefore, in order to make the document easier to see, the window at the lower right of FIG. 7 can be pointed by the cursor ↑ and the window can be resized according to the movement of the cursor. In addition, "format file" of title
By pointing and moving the portion, the entire window can be moved. Therefore, if the text screen is not displayed, of course, even if the text screen is displayed, move or scale the window shown in FIG. 7 to an empty portion on the text screen to display the text screen, The desired format within the window can be easily selected. FIG. 9 shows a flowchart for formatting a document. Now, the document of the data n1 of the document section 12 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the screen. Then, in step 1 of FIG. 9, the list of the format files shown in FIG. 7 is written in a predetermined position of the VRAM formed by the window by a key input from the WS and is called at an arbitrary position on the screen. Then, the desired format, for example, (A) is selected by the PD and the cursor 17 described above.
Then, the format file A in FIG. 2 is selected, and the format A is copied in step 2 to the portion a corresponding to n1 of the format portion 3 in the format file 11 in FIG. This deletes the form of the document currently being processed. Since the formatted output of the document is performed while formatting the sentence according to the new format in the document, the document being processed by the above scanning is output in the format of the completely new format.

(4) Partial modification of the document format Next, according to the procedure of (3) "Document writing",
A case where a part of the format of the created document is corrected will be described. First, the case of calling a document on the display screen will be described. FIG. 10 shows a flowchart for partially changing the document format. In step 1, the document file 11 including the format part and the text part 12 shown in FIG. 2 is read out by the document file table 14, and the document is displayed in that format on the display part.

Next, in step 2 in FIG. 10, the parameters relating to the format such as the number of columns, the column set, the line length, and the space between columns are corrected, and in step 3, if the user wants to register them, the document file 11 in FIG. You may register new or re-register.

Next, the case where a layout command is input from the command menu shown in FIG. 12-1 in step S20 will be described in detail.

When the layout command 102 is designated, a command menu as shown in FIG. 12-3 appears on the display unit 38, and the processing of the layout command can be executed.

At step S-12-2-1, wait for mouse input,
If there is input from the mouse 61, if it is a subcommand,
Set the subcommand mode in step S-12-2-3. If it is not a subcommand, check whether it is an end instruction,
When it is finished, the original state of FIG. 12-1 is restored. If it is not completed, it is considered that the position is specified by the mouse 61, and the process according to the currently set mode is performed. Frame out
In command modes other than 103 commands, move the cursor according to the position information of the mouse, and then press step S-12 ・ 2-6.
The process of moving the frame, changing the frame size, deleting the frame, etc. is executed with.

If the open frame 103 is set, that is, if the open frame flag is set, then in step S-12-2-7, check if the current open mode is this block or the caption. If this block 105 is checked, one frame is opened by two points indicated by the cursor 106 in S-12-2-8.

If it is the caption 104, it is checked whether or not there is a frame corresponding to the position designated by the mouse, and if there is a corresponding frame (hereinafter referred to as a parent frame), a step like 107 in Fig. 12-4 is executed. S
-12-2-10 Add a frame in the moving direction of the mouse. (This frame is called a child frame) The coordinate data x, y of the parent frame as shown in FIG. 2-4 is stored in the second format part P-3 that stores information about the parent frame and the child frame created as described above. Then, the width, the height and the width of the child frame are stored.

The parent frame and the child frame are created as described above. Next, the processing for changing the frame size in step S-12-2-6 in FIG. 12-2 for an existing frame will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 12-5 and 12-6. At step S-12-5-1, it is checked at the cursor position whether or not the frame designated by the mouse 61 is the parent frame, and if the cursor is within the parent frame, that is, the second format part shown in FIG. 2-4. Check based on the data stored in P-3, and if so, after changing the corner of the parent frame with the cursor with the mouse as in 12-6-2 in Figure 12-6, next change When the position of the lower right corner of the parent frame to be specified is specified, in step S-12-5-2, the parent frame is scaled according to the position of the cursor moved by the mouse, and the predetermined size shown in Fig. 2-4 is set. Rewrite the data of. Next, in step S-12-5-3, the data of the child frame is rewritten to change the width of the child frame according to the width of the parent frame.

If it is not the corner of the parent frame at step 12-5-1, if it is at the bottom of the child frame at step S-12-5-4, according to the position of the cursor with the mouse, 12-6-1 in Fig. 12-6. Like step 12-5
Change the thickness of the child frame with -5 and rewrite the data of the child frame.

Next, for the already existing frame,
It will be described with reference to FIG. 12-7.

In step 12-7-1, it is checked whether the cursor controlled by the mouse is in the parent frame as described above, and if it is in the parent frame,
The fact that the parent frame is unnecessary is written in the second format part P-3, and the process of deleting the parent frame and the child frame is performed.

If the cursor controlled by the mouse in step 12-7-1 is the child frame, in step 12-7-4 the information indicating that the child frame is unnecessary is written in the second format part P-3, and the child frame is written. Perform processing to erase.

There is no redisplay of the text when the layout commands such as opening the frame, changing the size of the frame, and erasing the frame are executed, and the redisplay is performed in steps S14 to S17 in FIG.

The frame opened by the layout command is displayed as a window at a specified position and with a specified size. Further, the frame information is created as a frame format in the format file 10 to determine the format within the frame.

As described above, according to the present invention, when an edit instruction is given to an area attached to a specific area, the attached area is edited, and when an edit instruction is given to the specific area, By editing the specific area and the area associated with the specific area, the area desired by the user can be reliably edited with a simple operation. Therefore, efficient editing can be performed.

〔effect〕

As described above in detail, the present invention provides an information processing method capable of setting information to be added to input information and facilitating the handling of the input information and the additional information. It has become possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a general view of an image processing apparatus for explaining an information processing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2-1 is a block diagram of an editing apparatus in the general view, and FIGS. 2-2 to 2-4 are PMEM. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of data stored in the disk device H8. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of terms relating to a format. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow chart of format registration. The figure shows the flow chart of the display in the input of the stage format. Fig. 7 is the explanatory view of the menu display of the form. Figs. 8 to 11 show the flow chart according to the present invention. Fig. 12-1 illustrates the present invention. FIG. 12-2 is a flow chart illustrating the present invention, FIG. 12-3 is a display screen illustrating the present invention, and FIG. 12-4 is a display screen illustrating the present invention. Fig. 12-5 is a flow chart for explaining the present invention, Fig. 12-6 is a diagram for explaining the scaling of the frame, and Fig. 12-7 is a book. Explaining the bright flow chart, P-3 is the second format section H4 is VRAM H6 MPU

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Masaki Hamada 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Hiroshi Takakura 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Incorporated (72) Inventor Gakuto Hasegawa 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Masaaki Shimizu 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Masaki Saai 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Fumio Furukawa 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Invention Yasuhisa Ishizawa 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Takashi Minagawa 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Within Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Kensaku Tanaka 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Within Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Kenzo Ina 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (56) Reference JP-A-59-94789 (JP, A) Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., “J Star Reference Guide” p. 12-12 to 12-14, 13-32

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus capable of setting a specific area at a desired position of document information displayed on a display screen, comprising: setting means for setting an area attached to the specific area; And an instruction means for editing the area attached to the specific area, the instruction area is edited, and the instruction means instructs the area to be edited. In this case, the information processing apparatus includes: the specific area and an editing unit that edits an area associated with the specific area. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instructing means instructs erasing. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instructing unit instructs enlargement.